Misheard Lyrics That Have Left You Puzzled — Page 7

Oh! I'd assumed it was "jeans", as in "just casual, you don't have to wear a dress". You live and learn!

---

I only recently found out that in "Two Ladies" the Emcee says "There's room on the bottom if you drop in some night".

I used to think he said, "There's room on the bottom if you drop in some KNIFE" - knife being penis. Since one of the 'ladies' in the revival was a male, IIRC - I thought it was all fitting etc..

---

I really need to get my hearing checked, because I have misheard quite a few lyrics:

During "Poor Fool, He Makes Me Laugh," from POTO; I could swear to this very day that I thought the Confidante was singing: "They say that this lord has set my lady's heart A GAZE." It's not much of a difference, and I actually like that alot better, because the original lyrics made it seem like the Don had given the Countess heartburn.

During "Twisted Every Way," from POTO, I thought that Christine was singing: "Am I to risk my life to lose a chance to live." My first thought was: "What the...Is Christine suicidal?" Then I looked up the lyrics, and the "ah-ha" moment came to me.


Another time, I was listening to "Thank You For The Music" from Mamma Mia and I thought that I heard Sophie sing: "Without a song or dance, mon ami." and, I was in the car with my sister at this time, and shouted "WOW! This musical is set in France!" and then I got home and looked up the lyrics, with my sister, and then I've never felt so stupid.


Although this isn't from a cast album, I was listening to "The Trial" from "Pink Floyd: The Wall" and I thought the lyrics were: "Crazy, BALLS in the window, I am crazy." When I realized the correct lyrics, I was told by many that I probably just have a dirty mind.

Anyway, there is alot more, but my brain is tired at this moment.

Wish I Were Here from Next to Normal -

actual line: "I imagine it's remarkable: exuberant, austere."
I heard: "I imagine it's remarkable. I'll trip a rift, I'll steer."


actual line: "Is this someone else's head trip? Do I just disappear?"
I heard: "And if someone else detects it, do I just disappear?"


In the Heights opening number:

actual line: "Until the day we go from poverty to stock options."
I heard: "Until the day we go from hominy to sock hops."

---

In The Wizard and I've always thought she says "And I'll walk down the aisles till I die"... About a month ago I realized she says "I'll want nothing else till I die". It makes soooo much more sense now..

Auggie27, I've actually been hearing it that way this entire time and didn't know that was incorrect.

I always thought it was a little bit of a strange line.

"Re: ALL THAT JAZZ--what is the real lyric for "did she hear, her baby's queer" cause that's what I alwasy heard too..."

That IS the line.

"Show her where to park her girdle.
Oh, her mother's blood'll curdle
If she hears her baby's queer ["loves", not meaning "gay"]
For all that jazz"